From this month's Fund for Women Artists newsletter ... NOTE: some deadlines are quite soon ...

Emerging Artist Theatre - This 14-year-old theatre company dedicated to developing and producing new work seeks submissions for several of its programs:

* Notes from a Page – a new developmental reading series for smaller ensemble musicals; mark “NFP” on outside of submission. Deadline: February 15, 2008

The Power of Words conference, to be held Sept. 12-15, 2008 at Goddard College in Plainfield, VT. and a project of the Transformative Language Arts MA degree (www.goddard.edu/mastersarts_transformative), seeks workshop proposals. The international conference attracts writers, storytellers, performers, singers and musicians, educators, activists, healers, health professionals, community leaders and more to explore how the written, spoken and sung word can bring individuals and communities liberation, celebration and transformation.

Windows Performance Stage / chashama (New York, NY) – New York City opportunity. A hallmark public art initiative of chashama, the Windows program enlivens vacant storefronts with multi-disciplinary performances and visual installations. There’s no limit to what you can do in a window: Butoh dance, paint portraits, display visual art, modern dance, puppetry, the list is infinite! Performances and installations may be interactive, allowing audience members to creatively contribute to the work made and form a relationship with chashama artists. chashama is currently accepting applications for their window performance stage at 266 West 37th St – located on a highly visible Garment District block and fully equipped with theatrical sound and lighting. Artist receives $50. NO FEE (to apply, but artist provides $75 security deposit if selected). Risa Shoup, Performing Arts Program Director, 201 East 42nd St., Suite 3225-29, New York, NY 10017, T: (212) 391-8151 ext. 26, risa@chashama.org, www.chashama.org/programs.php#cwg. Receipt deadline: June 30, 2007, 5 p.m. (for projects July 1 – September 31, 2007)

MONDO HOMO wants YOU!
Submit to MondoHomo 2007 by May 1 deadline

MondoHomo Dirty South -- taking place in Atlanta June 27-july 1st,
2007 -- will feature cutting edge queer music, performance,
burlesque, drag, spoken word, arts, crafts, film, video, politics,
workshops and much more! Spread out over 7+ venues, 3 neighborhoods,
and 5 days, MondoHomo promises to be the most OUTRAGEOUS Queer
gathering ever to take over Atlanta!

so hit us up at:

www.myspace.com/mondohomosouth
music@mondohomo.com
perform@mondohomo.com
volunteer@mondohomo.com

confirmed acts:
-Team Gina,Katastrophe, Nikki Click, Sister Spit, x members(butchies),

Submissions are now welcome to a new on-line poetry journal,
Earthshine (because illumination of what is hidden can only come from
your own reflection). Please visit www.ruminations.us/poetry.asp for
guidelines.

This is super-short notice, but if you're in the Philly/Delaware Valley area, you should check this out. If you can't get it together to submit an application by Monday, there are award cycles for the Art and Change grant in June and October. Thanks to Walidah Imarisha for sharing this. --Susan

Hey folks,

This is a just a reminder that Leeway's Transformation Award applications
are due on Monday. Please tell any women and trans artists you know who are
eligible to please consider applying! The award is for folks who have been
doing art for social change work for the past 5 years or more and have an

Laura Peisner, artist and author, former gallery owner, and mother of two, is writing a book about the mom/artist connection and the balance between the two roles. The book will include a collection of accounts from mom/artists around the world. Everyone's story is unique - mom/artists interested in contributing theirs may contact Laura at lrpcustomwalls@yahoo.com; her web log can be viewed at www.doitinthekitchen.blogspot.com. Deadline: December 31, 2006

(April 19-22, 2007, Manitou Springs, CO) – This new festival sponsored by The Pikes Peak Arts Council and Manitou Arts Theatre seeks original 10-minute plays written by women and exploring the topic of friendship. Six winning playwrights receive honorarium of $75, and the play chosen as audience favorite receives additional $50. Must be 16+ years old to enter. Previously unpublished and unproduced works only, 10 pp. max. NO FEE. Six Women Play Festival, c/o Pikes Peak Arts Council, P.O. Box 1073, Colorado Springs, CO 80901, ppac@pikespeakartscouncil.org, www.sixwomenplayfestival.com. Deadli

SUBMIT YOUR WORK

Attention: Dancers, Poets, Filmmakers, Performance Artists, Visual Artists, Musicans, Bands, Comedians, etc.

Send your Demo Tape, Slides, Jpegs, Stills, CDs, DVDs, VHSs, etc., with a press kit (if available) and your contact information to:

GiRL FeST Bay Area
c/o The Safe Zone Foundation
3145 Geary Blvd #443
San Francisco, CA 94118

Email: info@girlfestbayarea.org

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR MATERIAL IN FIBER FILLED PACKAGES!

Woman Made has changed the production timeline for Her Mark 2008 to have the datebooks ready earlier in the year. Entry deadline for both poetry and art for our HER MARK 2008 publication, exhibition and reading is February 28, 2007. All themes, styles and media are welcome. Selected artwork will be featured together with poetry in a color, spiral bound, appointment book with weekly calendar pages. Accepted artists will also be invited to exhibit the selected artwork at WMG during August 2007. Accepted poets will also be invited to present their poems at a Reading and Release Party at WMG on Sunday, August 5, 2007.